Author: FRANCE, Anatole
Title: Penguin Island
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hardcover. Translation by A.W. Evans. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Preface by Anatole France. Illustrations by Malcolm Cameron. Small 4to. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering and pale blue decorative paper over boards, slipcase with paper label. xvi, 324pp. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Vellum spine lightly age toned; faint slipcase wear. Handsome, tight LEC production of this 1908 satirical fiction -- seventh title in the LEC's 17th series. Rear colophon notes limitation of 1,500 numbered copies (this #269) signed by artist Cameron. Laid in is the publisher's printed announcement for this title. NEWMAN 181. .

Keywords: British Literature


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